ليI have فيin الغرامpassionate love صبابةyearning قدalready أسكرتhas intoxicated
لي في الغرام صبابة قد أسكرت
كلall الأنامhumankind وراحهاand her wine منfrom فضلتيmy leavings
كل الأنام وراحها من فضلتي
I have, in passionate love, a yearning that has intoxicated
In love I have an intoxication that has made drunk
All humankind, and her wine is from my leavings.
All people, and her excess was from my excellence
وعدتهاI promised her منfrom قبلbefore تكوينformation آدمAdam
وعدتها من قبل تكوين آدم
وبقاؤهاand her abiding معwith خلةintimate friendship فيin رتبتيmy station
وبقاؤها مع خلة في رتبتي
I promised her before Adam's formation;
And I promised her before the creation of Adam
And her abiding, with intimate friendship, is in my station.
And her existence is with majesty in my rank
كلall الخلائقcreatures لمhave not تزلceased منbecause of حسنهاher beauty
كل الخلائق لم تزل من حسنها
فيin حيرةbewilderment فيin حسرةgrief منfrom وجهتيmy direction
في حيرة في حسرة من وجهتي
All creatures, because of her beauty, have never ceased to be
All creatures have not ceased from her beauty
In bewilderment, in grief, from my quarter.
To be confused, sorrowful from my face
الكلall تحتbeneath لوائهاher banner فيin سرهاher mystery
الكل تحت لوائها في سرها
والأنبياءand the prophets بأسرهمall of them فيin قبضتيmy grasp
والأنبياء بأسرهم في قبضتي
All are beneath her banner, within her mystery;
All are under her banner secretly
And the prophets, all of them, are in my grasp.
And all prophets entirely in my grip
أهلpeople of الهوىpassion منfrom منصبيmy station تعمرواthey flourished
أهل الهوى من منصبي تعمروا
والعارفونand the gnostics صفوهمtheir pure essence منfrom درةa pearl
والعارفون صفوهم من درة
The people of passion have flourished from my station;
The people of passion populate my office
And the gnostics—their pure essence comes from a pearl.
And the gnostics, their elite are from my pearls
وأناand I الذيthe one who عنديin my keeping الوجودexistence بأسرهin its entirety
وأنا الذي عندي الوجود بأسره
مثلlike الهباتgifts يقرنيsettles me فيin خلوتيmy seclusion
مثل الهبات يقرني في خلوتي
And I am the one with all existence in my keeping;
And I who has all existence entirely
Like gifts, it settles me in my seclusion.
Like gifts, accompanies me in my solitude
وأناand I الذيthe one who عندamid السراءprosperity محرمin consecration
وأنا الذي عند السراء محرم
لاnot أبتغيI seek بدلa replacement for الحبيبthe beloved بجنتيwith my paradise
لا أبتغي بدل الحبيب بجنتي
And I am the one in consecration amid prosperity;
And I who is deprived in prosperity
I do not seek to exchange the beloved for my paradise.
Does not seek but the beloved as my paradise
ولقدand indeed بلغتI reached علىabove الذيthe one who فيin حبهاlove for her
ولقد بلغت على الذي في حبها
بعثsent forth السعادةhappiness فقلبيso my heart فيin شقوتيmy wretchedness
بعث السعادة فقلبي في شقوتي
And I have indeed reached beyond the one who, in love for her,
And I have reached in the love of her
Sent forth happiness; so my heart is in my wretchedness.
The happiness in my heart in my misery
ولقدand indeed طربتI was enraptured فيin حبهاlove for her كليall of me علىat
ولقد طربت في حبها كلي على
يدthe hand حانهاher tavern فمحوتthen I effaced حسنbeauty طويتيmy inward self
يد حانها فمحوت حسن طويتي
And I have indeed been enraptured, all of me, in love for her, at
And I was delighted in her love completely by
The hand of her tavern; then I effaced the beauty of my inward self.
The hand of her tavern, so I erased my good shape
وطرقتand I made my way ماwhat lies بينbetween الدنانthe wine jars مهرولاhurrying
وطرقت ما بين الدنان مهرولا
وأتيتand I came منfrom كلall الجهاتthe directions لحضرتيto my presence
وأتيت من كل الجهات لحضرتي
And I made my way between the wine jars, hurrying;
And I knocked between the jaws hurriedly
And I came from every direction to my own presence.
And came from all directions to her presence
وشربتand I drank منfrom كلall العيونthe springs وأسكرتand I intoxicated
وشربت من كل العيون وأسكرت
كلall العشاقthe lovers وسكرهمand their drunkenness منfrom نفحتيmy breath
كل العشاق وسكرهم من نفحتي
And I drank from all the springs and intoxicated
And drank from all springs and intoxicated
All the lovers; their drunkenness comes from my breath.
All the lovers, and their intoxication was from my breath
لمdid not يشربdrink العشاقthe lovers منfrom بحرthe sea الهوىpassion
لم يشرب العشاق من بحر الهوى
إلاexcept بغيةthe desire مقلتيmy eye منfrom عطفتيmy tenderness
إلا بغية مقلتي من عطفتي
The lovers have not drunk from the sea of passion
The lovers have not drank from the sea of passion
Except what my eye desired, from my tenderness.
Except in desire of my eyelashes from my affection
الكلall منfrom حرthe heat الهوىpassion ولهيجهand its fervor
الكل من حر الهوى ولهيجه
قدindeed أسكرواthey were intoxicated وسكرتand I became drunk منfrom عينيmy eye التيwhich
قد أسكروا وسكرت من عيني التي
All, from the heat of passion and its fervor,
All from the heat of passion and its fervor
Have been intoxicated; and I became drunk from my eye, which
Were drunk, and I was drunk from my eyes
قدindeed أجريتI made flow منfrom وحدتيmy oneness منfrom نقطتيmy point
قد أجريت من وحدتي من نقطتي
منfrom هيبتيmy majesty منfrom صولتيmy might منfrom رتبتيmy station
من هيبتي من صولتي من رتبتي
I have made flow from my oneness, from my point,
I made flow from my solitude, from my drop
From my majesty, from my might, from my station.
From my awe, from my ascent, from my position
وهواهand his passion الهواءthe air هديتهI guided it منfrom ساحةan open space
وهواه الهواء هديته من ساحة
هذاthis الهواءthe air هويتهI loved it فيin ملتيmy faith
هذا الهواء هويته في ملتي
And his passion is the air; I guided it from an open space.
And the air fell for it from the field of
This air I loved within my faith.
This air, its falling in my authority
وغداand became الهواءthe air فيin نارهits fire متوقدablaze
وغدا الهواء في ناره متوقد
فعشقتهso I loved it passionately فيin نارهits fire منfrom فطرتيmy innate nature
فعشقته في ناره من فطرتي
And the air became ablaze in its fire;
And the air became inflamed in its fire
So I loved it passionately in its fire, out of my innate nature.
So I loved it in its fire from my nature
غرمdebt الغرامpassion هديتهhis gift عندat
غرم الغرام هديته عند
فأجابنيso he answered me لاnot فيin طلعتيmy appearance
فأجابني لا في طلعتي
The debt of passion is his gift, at...
The heat of passion I gifted at its
So he answered me: 'Not in my appearance.'
Rising, so it responded to me, no, in my ascent
كمhow many منof ملوكkings ودaffection للتهمfor the accusations
كم من ملوك ود للتهم
كأسcup الهوىpassion بسطوتيthrough my might
كأس الهوى بسطوتي
How many kings of affection, for the accusations [syntax unclear].
How many kings wished to gulp
The cup of passion, through my might.
The cup of passion with my dominion
لاdo not تختشيfear فقدthe loss الهواءthe air
لا تختشي فقد الهواء
فعلومناfor our knowledge فيin كاسناour cup فيin ذلتيmy abasement
فعلومنا في كاسنا في ذلتي
Do not fear the loss of the air;
Do not fear losing the air
For our knowledge is in our cup, in my abasement.
So our knowledge is in our cup in my lowliness
فأجبتهso I answered him عندbeside الوهاجthe blazing one لحرقتيbecause of my burning
فأجبته عند الوهاج لحرقتي
وملامتيand my reproach وشكايتيand my complaint واحسرتيalas, my grief!
وملامتي وشكايتي واحسرتي
So I answered him beside the blazing one, because of my burning,
So I responded to it in my burning
And my reproach and my complaint—alas, my grief!
Blame, and lament, and sorrow
منيfrom me لهto him ذلabasement الخضوعsubmission ومنهand from him ليto me
مني له ذل الخضوع ومنه لي
عزglory المنوعthe withholder وقوتيand my sustenance المثبتيthat steadies me (irregular form)
عز المنوع وقوتي المثبتي
From me to him is the abasement of submission, and from him to me
From me to it is the humility, and from it to me
The glory of the withholder, and my sustenance that steadies me [irregular wording].
Is the forbidden pride, and my affirmed strength
فأجابنيso it answered me العشقlove طلوعهits rising
فأجابني العشق طلوعه
وعلومناand our knowledge لاnot تنقضيcomes to an end بتيunclear as written
وعلومنا لا تنقضي بتي
So love—its rising—answered me;
So passion responded to me in its rise
And our knowledge does not end [final word unclear].
And our knowledge does not run out in my essence
نزهlet roam لحاظكyour glances فيin مطالعthe rising places صورتيmy form
نزه لحاظك في مطالع صورتي
وانشرand spread علىupon سمعيmy hearing شموسsuns أهلتيmy crescent moons
وانشر على سمعي شموس أهلتي
Let your glances roam in the rising places of my form;
Delight your glances in the horizons of my image
And spread upon my hearing the suns of my crescent moons.
And spread upon my hearing the suns of my beauty
فأذابهاso he melted her لاnot فوقهاabove her لاnot تحتهاbeneath her
فأذابها لا فوقها لا تحتها
لاnot اينماwherever لاnot سموهاher loftiness لاnot نزهتيmy delight
لا اينما لا سموها لا نزهتي
So he melted her—neither above her nor beneath her;
It melted them, neither above nor below
No 'wherever,' no loftiness of hers, no delight of mine.
Neither where, nor its loftiness, nor my prominence
كملتwere perfected محاسنbeauties وجههاher face فيin طليعهاher vanguard
كملت محاسن وجهها في طليعها
عندat التدانيthe drawing near فيin سرعتيmy swiftness
عند التداني في سرعتي
The beauties of her face were perfected in her vanguard,
The beauty of her face was completed in its rising
At the drawing near, in my swiftness.
In the approach in my swiftness
أفيis there in? الرجلthe man مرتبةa station علىabove كلall الرتبthe stations
أفي الرجل مرتبة على كل الرتب
أشموسare they suns? صبحdawn طلعهاtheir rising منfrom حلتيmy robe
أشموس صبح طلعها من حلتي
Is there in the man a station above all stations?
Is there for the man a position over all positions
Are they suns of dawn whose rising is from my robe?
Suns of morning rose from my halo